Any new Opensource projects in (rust) looking for contributors. I want to start my journey as an OSS contributor.

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  1. release-plz

    Publish Rust crates from CI with a Release PR.

    Hi πŸ‘‹ I maintain release-plz, a project enabling maintainers to release Rust packages automatically.

  2. InfluxDB

    InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

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  3. springtime

    A framework for advanced Rust applications.

    You can add more integrations to https://github.com/krojew/springtime

  4. rust

    Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.

    Rust!

  5. this-week-in-rust

    Data for this-week-in-rust.org

    https://this-week-in-rust.org has a Call for Participation section.

  6. Clippy

    A bunch of lints to catch common mistakes and improve your Rust code. Book: https://doc.rust-lang.org/clippy/

    clippy is a great place to get started :) though it isn't exactly new.

  7. websurfx

    :rocket: An open source alternative to searx which provides a modern-looking :sparkles:, lightning-fast :zap:, privacy respecting :disguised_face:, secure :lock: meta search engine

    I am working on a new project a few weeks old about search engine aggregator (meta search engine). Feel free to take a look at it here and provide some feedback. I am open to all sorts of contributions whether it is a line or a long essay of code or any other contribution.

  8. ruff

    An extremely fast Python linter and code formatter, written in Rust.

    https://github.com/charliermarsh/ruff is not only actively looking for contributors, they are hiring people if you are interested.

  9. SaaSHub

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  10. SquireCore

    The backend library used by Squire Tournament Services

  11. rust-analyzer

    A Rust compiler front-end for IDEs

    I've contributed to rust-analyzer and nushell and had a great experience in both! Tons of open issues with a huge range of difficulties, and the maintainers are really helpful in providing hints to get started.

  12. nushell

    A new type of shell

    I've contributed to rust-analyzer and nushell and had a great experience in both! Tons of open issues with a huge range of difficulties, and the maintainers are really helpful in providing hints to get started.

  13. Graphite

    2D vector & raster editor that melds traditional layers & tools with a modern node-based, non-destructive, procedural workflow.

    Graphite is an in-development 2D creative tool for vector and raster graphics editing (basically, the goal is to make a better Inkscape and Gimp, plus way more). If that's interesting to you, we try really hard to have an inviting community that makes it approachable to get up and running with contributing to the project. Come say hi on our Discord and I can help get you set up. Or read our quick contributing tutorial/intro.

  14. icu4x

    Solving i18n for client-side and resource-constrained environments.

    ICU4X has a large priority backlog which are "issues that the team wants to definitely see fixed, but which currently lack resourcing."

  15. rav1e

    The fastest and safest AV1 encoder.

  16. Kingdom-System

    Discontinued Milord, you can management your castle [Moved to: https://github.com/0xBLCKLPTN/Kingdom-System]

  17. kitsune

    🦊 (fast) ActivityPub-federated microblogging (by kitsune-soc)

    If you’re interested in the new wave of Open Social Web, ActivityPub etc., Kitsune is an interesting one: https://github.com/kitsune-soc/kitsune

  18. RusticCache

    Discontinued A blazing fast cache store implementation in Rust. A slick and reliable caching solution. Built for speed, efficiency, and scalability, RusticCache is your go-to for all your caching needs. [GET https://api.github.com/repos/vaibhawvipul/RusticCache: 404 - Not Found // See: https://docs.github.com/rest/repos/repos#get-a-repository]

    I just started this project last weekend - https://github.com/vaibhawvipul/RusticCache

  19. leftwm

    A tiling window manager for Adventurers

  20. SaaSHub

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